diff --git a/jvm.publish.gradle b/jvm.publish.gradle
index 56080e5392e..62429fbde11 100644
--- a/jvm.publish.gradle
+++ b/jvm.publish.gradle
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ if (project.hasProperty("signing.gnupg.keyName")) {
     // Workaround to make android sign operations depend on signing tasks
     project.getTasks().withType(AbstractPublishToMaven.class).configureEach {
         def signingTasks = project.getTasks().withType(Sign.class)
-        mustRunAfter(signingTasks)
+        shouldRunAfter(signingTasks)
     }
     // Workaround to make test tasks use sign
     project.getTasks().withType(Sign.class).configureEach { signTask ->
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ if (project.hasProperty("signing.gnupg.keyName")) {
         // Task ':linkDebugTest<platform>' uses this output of task ':sign<platform>Publication' without declaring an explicit or implicit dependency
         def debugTestTask = tasks.findByName("linkDebugTest$pubName")
         if (debugTestTask != null) {
-            signTask.mustRunAfter(debugTestTask)
+            signTask.shouldRunAfter(debugTestTask)
         }
         // Task ':compileTestKotlin<platform>' uses this output of task ':sign<platform>Publication' without declaring an explicit or implicit dependency
         def testTask = tasks.findByName("compileTestKotlin$pubName")
         if (testTask != null) {
-            signTask.mustRunAfter(testTask)
+            signTask.shouldRunAfter(testTask)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/publish.gradle b/publish.gradle
index 740b6a4542f..16a4315fb64 100644
--- a/publish.gradle
+++ b/publish.gradle
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ if (project.hasProperty("signing.gnupg.keyName")) {
     // Workaround to make android sign operations depend on signing tasks
     project.getTasks().withType(AbstractPublishToMaven.class).configureEach {
         def signingTasks = project.getTasks().withType(Sign.class)
-        mustRunAfter(signingTasks)
+        shouldRunAfter(signingTasks)
     }
     // Workaround to make test tasks use sign
     project.getTasks().withType(Sign.class).configureEach { signTask ->
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ if (project.hasProperty("signing.gnupg.keyName")) {
         // Task ':linkDebugTest<platform>' uses this output of task ':sign<platform>Publication' without declaring an explicit or implicit dependency
         def debugTestTask = tasks.findByName("linkDebugTest$pubName")
         if (debugTestTask != null) {
-            signTask.mustRunAfter(debugTestTask)
+            signTask.shouldRunAfter(debugTestTask)
         }
         // Task ':compileTestKotlin<platform>' uses this output of task ':sign<platform>Publication' without declaring an explicit or implicit dependency
         def testTask = tasks.findByName("compileTestKotlin$pubName")
         if (testTask != null) {
-            signTask.mustRunAfter(testTask)
+            signTask.shouldRunAfter(testTask)
         }
     }
 }